Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Embassy officials

16/03/2026
Diplomatic staff.

Ambassador Fernando López Fabregat

Curriculum Vitae

 

Foto Embajador

Married since 1987 to María Carolina Silveira. Two children, Catalina and Alfonso.

Education:

  • Postgraduate in Human Resources Management, Catholic University of Uruguay.
  • Notary Public, Law Degree. University of the Republic, Uruguay.

Other studies:

  • Diplomatic Academy: Artigas Institute of Foreign Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
  • Languages: Spanish, English and French. Understands Portuguese and Italian.

Diplomatic career:

  • Ambassador of Uruguay to the Federal Republic of Germany (April 2023 to date).
  • Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (June 2020 to April 2023).
  • Director of the Artigas Institute of Foreign Service - Diplomatic Academy (March 2020 to June 2020).
  • Ambassador of Uruguay to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (October 2014 to January 2020).
  • Ambassador of Uruguay to Ireland (February 2015 to January 2020).
  • Ambassador of Uruguay to Iceland (January 2015 to January 2020).
  • Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) (October 2014 to January 2020).
  • Director General for International Economic Affairs (2012 to 2014).
  • Consul General of Uruguay in Toronto, Canada (2006 to 2012).
  • Director of Personnel and Human Resources (2005 to 2006).
  • Deputy Regional Director for Asia, Africa and Oceania (2004 to 2005).
  • Counsellor at the Embassy of Uruguay in Ottawa, Canada (1999 to 2004).
  • Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Programming and Coordination Committee (1997 to 1998).
  • Second Secretary at the Embassy of Uruguay in Ecuador (1993 to 1997).
  • Second Secretary at the Embassy of Uruguay in South Africa (1991 to 1993).
  • Duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Head of the Secretariat of the General Directorate of the Secretariat, in the Directorate of Legal Affairs, at the Artigas Institute of the Foreign Service, and in the Directorate of Treaties and Boundaries.
  • Joined the Foreign Service of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay through competitive examination and merit (January 1987)

Other work experience:

  • First National Bank of Boston, Uruguay (1983 to 1988).
  • Banco del Plata, Uruguay (1978 to 1983).

Academic activity:

  • Member of the advisory committee for the International Business degree programme at Humber College in Toronto (Canada).
  • Contributor to the International Business course in the Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies at the University of Guelph, in the city of Guelph (Ontario, Canada).
  • Author of contributions to the Hill/McKaig university textbook Global Business Today, published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Higher Education, in the second and subsequent editions.

Counsellor Marcelo Bachechi Pavone

Curriculum Vitae

Studies:

  • 14 International Diplomats Programme, German Federal Foreign Service (Berlin, 2024).
  • Graduated from the “Instituto Artigas del Servicio Exterior”, Uruguayan Diplomatic Academy (2013).
  • Commercial Intelligence – International Trade Center.
  • Course on International Public Law and Human Rights. Post Grad School, Law Faculty Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
  • Bachelor's Degree (Licentiate) in International Relations, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
  • International Commerce, Deutsch-Uruguayische Handelskammer (2007).

Other studies:

  • Architect Assistant, not finished. Technical University Uruguay.
  • Languages: English and Portuguese.

Diplomatic Career.

Positions held in the Foreign Ministry:

  • General Directorate for Technical and Administrative Affairs, Chief of Staff (November 2018 to March 2022).
  • General Directorate for Consular Affairs (September 2013 to October 2013).Secretary General Directorate (August 2011 to September 2013).
  • Regional Directorate for Asia, Africa and Oceania (July 2011 to August 2011).
  • Joined the Foreign Service through competition by public contest of Opposition and Merits, as Third Secretary (July 2011).
  • From 2009 to July 2011: Protocol Directorate and State Ceremonial (Commission from Defense Ministry).

Positions held abroad:

  • Embassy of Uruguay to the Federal Republic of Germany as Counsellor (March 2022 to present).
  • Embassy of Uruguay to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as First Secretary (October 2013 to October 2018).
    Besides the Embassy responsibilities, also designated as Head of the Consular Section (jurisdiction in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and overseas territories; Ireland and Iceland), and District Consul in London.

First Secretary Francisca Mescia

Head of Consular Section

Education:

  • Diploma in International Trade Negotiations, El Colegio de México.
  • Course in Trade Policy, WTO - ALADI.
  • Graduation from the Diplomatic Academy of Uruguay, Instituto Artigas del Servicio Exterior (IASE).
  • Professional Certification from the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) in Economics, Trade, and Investment in Latin America.
  • Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, Universidad de la República.

Experience:

  • Head of the Consular Section, Embassy of Uruguay in the Federal Republic of Germany (February 2025 to present).
  • Directorate General for Integration and MERCOSUR Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020 to 2025).
  • Entry into the Foreign Service of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay through a competitive examination based on merit (2020).
  • Analyst at the Single Window for Foreign Trade (VUCE). Institute for the Promotion of Investments, Exports, and Country Image, Uruguay XXI (2017 to 2019).
  • Office of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Uruguay (2015).